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Train 406

Fergus McDonell

1958 30 min

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This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.

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  Perspective

  1955 46 films

  This TV series from the mid-1950s blended documentary and fiction to tell Canadian stories from a Canadian perspective.

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This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.

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Transportation

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Credits

• director
  Fergus McDonell
  
• editing
  Fergus McDonell
  
• producer
  David Bairstow
  
• script
  Charles E. Israel
  
• photography
  Eugene Boyko
  
• sound
  Claude Pelletier
  
• sound editing
  Kathleen Shannon
  

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